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Teen hit by softball Dies In Freak Accident
Teen hit by softball Dies In Freak Accident
High school sophomore Taylor Dorman never made it to his 16th birthday party celebration. The San Diego area teen was struck in the chest by a softball during a physical education practice session earlier in the day and he collapsed and died several hours later.
Classmates report that Dorman was alert and talking and didn’t seem to be injured after being struck by the softball, but suddenly collapsed about 20 minutes after the incident.
The coach quickly telephoned for an emergency ambulance crew and Dorman was transported to the nearest hospital for medical assistance, but was pronounced dead several hours later.Friends of Dorman report that he was laughing and talking after taking the hit.
Stunned students said that many of them had been planning to attend his milestone 16th birthday celebrations over the weekend and could not believe that they would be spending their time remembering his short life at a funeral service instead.
“He was always happy and always smiling,” one classmate told the station. “And even when it was a bad day he would always bring just so much happiness.”
A Loudoun County man died in July of 2010 after a freak accident on the softball diamond.
Well-known custom home builder George Crisp, 55, was pitching in adult softball game when a ball was batted back at him.
“George pitched the ball, the guy hit a line drive toward him, he turned his head to avoid it — just like you would, tried to put his glove up,” said Crisp’s friend David Pittman, a pastor at Temple Baptist Church in Herndon, Va. “Didn’t get his glove up in time and it hit him right here, right underneath the ear.”
According to reports, the line drive hit Crisp in the throat, just below his jaw, rupturing his carotid artery. Blood flooded his brain in seconds. Crisp, a father of six, died a few hours later in a local hospital.
San Diego, California News Station – KFMB Channel 8 – cbs8.com
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